Bobtheferret
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Everything posted by Bobtheferret
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Tried that and I didn’t work…
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Where are these available please?
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Looking at some of those bunnies looks like the old hobs didn’t take any prisoners! ?. Good work as always Trev….you lucky bugger!
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My advice don’t go knocking at the moment, harvest is very stressful for farmers and you may not catch them at their most friendly at the moment!
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I just leave my vas hob in with my jills and they do seem to keep coming back in but he just “deals” with each one as they come in, never gets aggressive with them if they aren’t in season though. Think I had a jill come back in early august which is late. Normally younger jills that come back in my opinion
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Funny that as I lad I know through social media (never actually met in person) lives in cumbria and he catches unbelievable numbers of rabbits. So they are around your neck of the woods
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Ditto. Couldn’t ferret if you physically had to round me, done a bit with the air rifle to keep people happy but that’s pretty hard to as everything is so long you can’t see the buggers!
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In the uk no problem at all you just said you were doing pest control as allowed no idea about Aus, your government has frankly gone mental
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Amazing the numbers you put away Trev, good do mate. Keep the pics etc coming gives me something to envy!
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I read a study done by some french scientists on RVHD2 and they got captured wild rabbits and deliberately infected then rabbits in groups depending on the areas they were caught and the mortality rate varied from 5% to 95% with no real reason as to why just varying levels of natural immunity as toolbox described in New Zealand. This probably also explains why some areas of the uk have been basically wiped out but some still have very high numbers, lose 5% of a high population you don’t even notice it lose 95%…..scratching around to catch much.
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As I said don’t hammer the survivors or you have no chance. You used to be able to go hard at them and they would recover well but not anymore with RVHD, I have noticed if you take to many they take years to get back. I barely use a net anymore just bolt to the dog, he misses loads but that means they are there to breed. Ferreting with purse nets or well set long nets is a brutally effective method of pest control.
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The main issue is RVHD we got in England a few years before Ireland as I understand it but it’s a fairly nasty disease with anywhere from 5-95% mortality. I keep telling myself that rabbits are born survivors and mixi wiped out 99% of all rabbits and they made a (relatively) quick recovery to get up to decent numbers before RVHD hit. Main thing I would say is don’t hammer the ones that have survived or they will never recover. It will take at least 10 years probably but hopefully will happen, don’t underestimate the humble rabbit!
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Plenty about for you Trev as always. Have a good season and good luck with pup
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I respectfully disagree ???
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Mk1 is a much better box than the mk3 in my opinion. The mk3 collars however are superb
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I lost a polecat jill when working and after lots of looking etc gave up after a week or two. Nearly a full month later she just walked up to a beater on a shoot day, fat as a pig and friendly as a puppy. Still had her collar on which had stopped working. Picked her up and sat on my lap and went to sleep on the way home! Didn’t think I would see her again!
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I don’t see why it wouldn’t work I know a chap that said his land was devoid of rabbits and he dropped a few and says now there’s loads. Probably want to either do it where there are existing holes and physically put them down the holes or when there is plenty of cover so they have some protection from the foxes etc. As mentioned it is illegal though so don’t get caught!
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Good news. Will they work with the old collars or will you need a new collar that works with the new box?
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Disney + has all seasons. Can subscribe for about £7 for a month just get it for a month binge watch it then cancel the subscription
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I haven’t had it but was going to but the constant coercion and bullying and threats from the government has put my back up and made me suspicious of the whole things, never before in history have people been so pushed to take a vaccine for a disease that is so harmless to the vast majority. As SC has said it doesn’t stop you getting or passing on covid and as a younger person that’s had covid I feel safe enough knowing I have some kind of natural immunity. Three friends of my Mrs haven’t stopped bleeding since they took their first doses nearly 9 weeks ago, that’s not normal. 3 girls in their
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Why are you selling him?
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I just had a decent look about and your right, most pups are still quite expensive but didn’t actually see any as expensive as the ones that made me start this thread (worst was £1500). Reassuring that 2k is indeed a ridiculous price to charge for a lurcher.
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These ones are from a well proven mating the sort a bloke that wanted a working dog would be happy to buy but not sure many working dog lads would pay £2k. Last litter my whippet sired to my mates lurcher bitch we gifted the entire litter….
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Class that, can’t believe the husband didn’t see him hanging out the window ???
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Can’t see these prices being maintained surely, once the lockdown dog boom ends I think the arse will fall out of it. Must be a lot of greedy people breeding dogs (off all varieties not just runners) purely for money at the moment. This litter had six available, that’s 12k for one litter ?
